Dipper-bucket.



E. E. VANERHOEF.

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Patened DPG. 121, HHG.

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nrmrsoir Bowman vAivnnnHonr, or teurer, NEVADA, Assrenon To AMERICAN MAN- erminsn sinner ooMrAn'r, or AUGUSTA, nrArnn, A CORPORATION Vor MAINE.`

DIFFER-BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

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Application tiled September 1e, 1916. ySerial No. 119,652.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Emisora EDWARD VAN- prenom, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ruth, in the county of White Pine `and State of Nevada, have made and invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Dippenuckets, of which the following is a specification..

My invention relates to dlpper buckets, and concerns in particular the construction of that 'portion thereof to which the dipper latch keeper is secured.

ln the ordinary type of dipperibucket, the hinged bottom is held inclosed position by an unprotected latch keeper which is secured` to the rontwalI ofthe dipper and projects The exposed position of the latch keeper renders it especially liable to breakage as the bucket is oftentimes forcibly dropped to the ground, or forcibly strikes against the side of a car. A further breakage of the latch keeper is caused by using the bucket as an anchorage and drawing the steam shovel or dredge forwardly or rearwardly thereby, the entire strain in such case being brought to bear upon the latch keeper.

lt is therefore an object of my invention to provide a dipper front wherein the latch keeper is housed and protected agamstri'njury, and all forces andstrains, ,other thanV those arising from the securement of, the,"

bottom of the bucket in place, are prevented` from reaching the latch keeper, and are taken up byA parts especially designed to withstand the same.

Other objects and advantages Will appear as the description proceeds, wherein it is to be understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention, Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

The preferred embodiment 'of `my invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein: j

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a dipper front embodying the characteristic features of my invention; Fig.'2 is a view in vertical cross-section taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a view in perspec tive of a latch keeper. i

Referring specifically to the several views 7 the dipper front 10 is preferably `,formefl with the thickened lower edge 11, having t its central' portion a vertical., opening or 'opening in the dipper front.

'recess 12, in which the latchkeeper 13 is anchored.

The latch keeper is formed with the lower protruding, and latch-receiving, end 14, and withthe attaching plate l5 projecting thereabove, there being a ledge or shoulder 1G extending between the two parts of the latch keeper, and providing for the proper assemblage of the latch keeper Within the The latch titl dit

keeper is anchored to the front by bolts 17 .therebetween and project some little distance -therebelow, Athus completely housing and protecting the latch keeper from injury and preventing the same from being broken should the bucket be forcibly dropped upon a stone, or should the lower edgeof the bucket forcibly strike against a car; or by other causes. Furthermore, the dredge or steam bucket may be forcibly moved by driving the latch keeper and lugs forcibly inte the ground and using the same for an anchor without danger of distorting or breaking the latch keeper.

What ll claim is -1. An article of 'the class described comprising a dipper front, a dipper latch keeper carried thereby and projecting below the lowerpextremity of said dipper, and means carried by said dipper front and located upon opposite sides of said dipper latch keeper, adapted to protect the same.

Ii2. A dipper Jfront provided with spaced and integral lugs projecting below the bottom edge of said front, and a dipper latch keeper secured to said front and positioned between, and protected by, said spaced inte- (gral lugs.

3. A di per front having front and side walls, sai walls, provided with a reinforcing portion extending around the lower extremity thereof, spaced lugs formed integral With'said front wall and projepting below dit lugs, ysaid latch keeper formed with a lower latch-receiving end, with an attaching plate projecting thereabove, and with :t ledge cxtendlng between the attaching plate und the latch-receiving end, said ledge contacting l5 with the lower extremity of said clipper front,

Signed at Ruth, in the ine end State of Nevada, this nieteenth day of August, A. D. 1916. v

ELLISON EDWARD VANDERHOEF. Witnesses:

GEORGE A. WHITELEY, J. W. BIGGAUE.

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